Virginia News Headlines: Monday Morning

by: lowkell

Mon Jun 18, 2012 at 06:44:10 AM EDT

*Egypt's generals assert vast power as voting ends (So much for the "Arab Spring?" It sure looks that way in Egypt.)
*In Greece, pro-bailout party wins parliamentary elections (Stock markets should like this.)
*Romney: No need to detail how I'll pay for massive tax cuts. Just trust me.
*Pro-choice advocates face uphill climb in Virginia ("The permanent regulations, which the board approved 8-3 on Friday, still face review from the executive branch, including the offices of Gov. Bob McDonnell and Attorney General Kenneth T. Cuccinelli II.")
*U.Va. provost takes stand against Sullivan's ouster
*Sullivan's ouster as U-Va. president may hit school in the pocketbook (What a fiasco.)
*Provost John Simon's address to the Faculty Senate
*Uranium debate still fierce
*Va. GOP's revote for convention exposes rift ("Cuccinelli wing trumps Bolling's")
*The silence of the Republicans: The 2012 Virginia GOP Convention
*George Allen says he froze college tuition when he was governor
*Editorial: One delegate at a time ("Military arguments against a gay judicial nominee don't hold up." Also, here's the letter from Del. Rick Morris on why he changed his position regarding the Thorne-Begland nomination.)
*Bain Capital is Obama target but Kaine ally (Ah, politics, gotta love it...or not.)
*Editorial: Now deal with rising doublespeak ("Pretending rising sea levels are only recurrent flooding does not make it so.")
*Lights, camera, Norfolk State
*Nationals vs. Yankees: New York completes sweep as Ryan Zimmerman's slump deepens